Anchorage Municipality, Alaska Demographics

Anchorage Municipality is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Anchorage Municipality is 30th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Two or More

Anchorage Municipality is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Anchorage Municipality is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Current population (2012)

Anchorage Municipality is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Households

Anchorage Municipality is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Housing units

Anchorage Municipality is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Anchorage Municipality is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Anchorage Municipality is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Anchorage Municipality is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Anchorage Municipality is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Retail sales

Anchorage Municipality is 1st in Alaska out of 29 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Anchorage Municipality	Rank	Alaska	US
Current population (2012)	298,610	1st	731,449	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,704.7	27th	570,640.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	171.2	1st	1.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Anchorage Municipality	Rank	Alaska	US
Residents younger than 5	7.4%	12th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.1%	11th	25.6%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.1%	18th	8.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Anchorage Municipality	Rank	Alaska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.1%	11th	91.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.3%	3rd	27.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Anchorage Municipality	Rank	Alaska	US
Race - White	67.0%	14th	67.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.2%	3rd	3.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	8.1%	24th	14.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	8.7%	4th	5.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2.2%	3rd	1.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	7.8%	12th	7.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	3rd	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	61.2%	14th	63.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Anchorage Municipality	Rank	Alaska	US
Female residents	49.1%	3rd	47.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.1%	5th	6.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Anchorage Municipality	Rank	Alaska	US
Housing units	113,467	1st	311,201	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	34.8%	3rd	24.4%	25.9%
Households	105,123	1st	252,920	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.4%	17th	64.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$276,200	4th	$235,100	$186,200
People per household	2.7	11th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	532	1st	994	829,658

Income Demographics
	Anchorage Municipality	Rank	Alaska	US
Income per capita	$35,580	6th	$31,944	$27,915
Income per household	$75,485	5th	$69,014	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.8%	22nd	9.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Anchorage Municipality	Rank	Alaska	US
Non-farm private establishments	8,428	1st	20,119	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	144,136	1st	254,996	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	26,726	1st	68,728	27,092,908
Retail sales	$4,482,714	1st	$9,303,387	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,096	4th	$13,635	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$933,301	1st	$1,851,293	$613,795,732